Joe's 1/22 Artesania Latina San Francisco Cable Car

[flyjoe180]

As Ron has said Top Work , a great build to follow Joe, full of supprises at each post. Those boggies in themselves are a engineering masterpiece.

Thank you John, I'm glad you are enjoying the build.

Interesting update. The bogey design is relatively crude compared to railway construction, showing the age of cable car design. It reflects contemporary narrow gauge railways of the late Victorian age. Are there brake rods etc to add? I can’t work out how the wheel brakes are activated. Never come across track brakes before though, that’s a new one to me. All in all great stuff!

Thanks Tim, glad you like it. The cable cars were mostly rebuilt or new-built in the 1980s in a major refurbishment of the cabel car and transportation system. Buses replaced some of the cable car routes. Some of the originals were placed into the cable car museum, which is well worth a visit if you ever get to San Francisco. The cable cars were refurbished or constructed to the original specifications, which date back to the late 19th and early 20th centuries. There are no brake rods to attach in this build. I guess the wheel brakes would be rod activated, or some sort of crude pulley system? Victorian no doubt, as you said.

Fascinating stuff Joe!
Pete

Cheers Pete

thats bloomin marvellous !

Thanks Steve, appreciate your comment

[flyjoe180]

What a great build, Joe.
It's a real pleasure watching it all come together.

Top work!
Ron

Thank you Ron, it's a bit different isn't it

Amazing work joe , the trellis looks superb , cheers tony

Cheers Tony. I'm enjoying this, but looking forward to getting back into some plastic!

Hi Joe
Well done indeed with that trellis. Great thinking and great patience and it looks brilliant.
Jim

Thanks Jim, glad you like the trellis

that's just NUTS!

Yep, and bolts

[spanner570]

Great build Joe.
I'm loving every instalment... :thumb2:

[Jim R]

Hi Joe
Most interesting to follow this. Those chassis/bogies are great. Real accuracy in miniature. A labour of love.
Jim

[flyjoe180]

The front and rear chassis were both primed. All being well, I proceeded with painting them gunmetal grey. I had some reservations about getting the paint where it needed to be, but my decision to paint the assemblies after construction was vindicated. I used thin applications of the paint and took my time to ensure the wheels especially received a good coverage.




The front guard board, painted white earlier, was attached to the front chassis, and the bolts trimmed.



Next up, the cabin side running boards were finished ready for attachment to the cable car's open ended sides. Painted white, with a black anti skid strip added, and the blue colour painted to the tops to blend with the cable car body, per references (not indicated in the instructions).

[flyjoe180]

The three levers then received some attention. Primed and painted gunmetal grey, I then added colour and detail as required once they had dried, including some dry brushing of steel on the cog teeth.


Emergency brake lever


Cable grip lever



Track brake lever

[flyjoe180]

The levers and side running boards will be attached to the cabin once I'm sure everything is ready. The grip lever needs to be inserted through the front chassis and attached, and will hang below the level of the wheels. Once the chassis and levers are attached, the build will proceed to the roof area, the final main component of the build. There is some decal application to come at some stage as well.

The first step for the roof is to paint white these parts, and glue them into the recesses at each end of the enclosed cabin.



These form part of the upper (raised) section of the roof, into which small windows are to be situated.

That's the project up to date, so now you know as much as I do... :smiling5: Roof construction will commence shortly.

[Tim Marlow]

This really is a cracking build of what looks like an excellent kit. I’m enjoying it immensely. I’ve only just cottoned on to the fact that the car has a clerestory roof as well, one of my favourite design features.

[scottie3158]

This is really looking good.

[flyjoe180]

This really is a cracking build of what looks like an excellent kit. I’m enjoying it immensely. I’ve only just cottoned on to the fact that the car has a clerestory roof as well, one of my favourite design features.

Clerestory, thanks, I did not know that was the term for a raised section of roof. Model making is educational :thumb2:

This is really looking good.

Thank you Paul, glad you are enjoying the build.

[flyjoe180]

Satisfied everything was in order, I attached the two levers and foot pedal inside the grip man's operating area.




The side running boards were attached to either side of the open end of the cable car.

[flyjoe180]

The front and rear chassis were completed with the addition of the track brakes I fabricated earlier, and the grip lever inserted and attached through the centre of the front chassis.




Here you can see that the grip mechanism sits lower than the wheel base, in this case by about 15mm, which will be taken into account when I create a display for the cable car.


Contrary to instructions, because that grip mechanism hangs lower than the wheel base, I'm going to delay fixing them to the car body until later on. I've checked the holes in the body and adjusted their sizes to accept the chassis. So hopefully no surprises later on!

[flyjoe180]

Roof construction begins. These are the parts that make up the two ends of the roof structure. I've cleaned them up and they're ready to go. The lines drawn across the two larger sections mark a 19mm spacing from the rear edge for one of the formers. Easier to do now than after bits have been stuck together. I have also used the nicer sides for the bottom (interior) of the roof, as these will be visible and painted white. The rough stuff on top will be covered later on and sanded to shape.


They go together to create these structures. One is larger than the other, an important item to note when assembling them.



Leaving it here for now. As these parts are going to get sanded severely, I'll give the glue a good period of time to set. Next time I'll be reporting on shaping these pieces, creating the roof structure shape, and forming that clerestory structure (thank you Tim Marlow for the cool word).

Catch you soon, stay safe.

[Tim Marlow]

Looking good Joe. Glad you like the cool word as well :thumb2:

[flyjoe180]

Those two roof end structures were sanded to shape.


A centre beam was attached to the ends and the two varieties of ribs prepared. I measured where they should be situated per the plan, but as we shall see some adjustment was later required.



The clerestory window panels should match up with the ribbing so that the structure isn't seen or interferes with the glazing. The original measurements weren't spot on, so I removed the offending ribs and refitted to suit later. A dry fit shows what I'm talking about:


I attached the main roof panels either side of the clerestory.


And then the clerestory window panels were attached. This enabled me to position the offending ribs from earlier with everything in place.